I know things are different in other nations but don't Ph.D. students write a dissertation and masters students write a thesis? I also sympathize. My advisor used my dissertation to shake things up in my department and I ended up with a committee that was mostly out-of-department. It also took an extra year. I'm very proud of what I produced but am not sure that the extra time was worth it. For those that are interested, my dissertation was a case study on Internet surveys. I created a survey system that encourages best methods of survey design as defined by research (http://birat.net). You may also be interested in the review of literature at http://balch.org/lsu/dissertation. Best regards, Reverend Captain Charles Vickroy Balch M.Ed. MBA Ph.D. (I'll only use that title once) -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Christian Nelson Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2007 9:12 AM To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-l] Ph.D. student is looking for a good home for his Thesis Michael: I'm sorry for your situation, and know how awful it is. My original Ph.D. adviser tried to run me out of the program by trying to persuade the rest of the faculty that they shouldn't serve on my committee. Fortunately, no one believed the charges he leveled against me and I finished my Ph.D. under a different adviser. If you are in a similar fix, can't you sue for libel or slander? I suspect just the threat of that will get your department to bail you out, though I'm glad I didn't have to test that theory myself. Best wishes, Christian Nelson _______________________________________________ The air-l@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/